ished in this country by Palmer Johnson Boats (Sturgeon Bay, Wis.), Rob- 

 ert E. Derecktor (Mamaroneck, N.Y. ), and Saybrook Marine Service (Old 

 Saybrook, Conn. ) . To date, thirty-six Challengers have been built or are in 

 process of construction. They have been sailed quite extensively in Euro- 

 pean waters, here on the East Coast from Maine to Florida, on the Great 

 Lakes, and there is one sailing on the West Coast." 



The Challengers have full headroom, with two built-in berths and two 

 extension transoms in the main cabin and two berths in the foreward cabin. 

 All of the other usual accommodations for a boat of that size are there. The 

 Challenger is a very attractive yacht, and should be able to go anywhere 

 and make an excellent showing for a boat of her size. She has a combina- 

 tion keel and centerboard. Price is $32,000. 



VITAL STATISTICS: L.O.A. 38'6"; waterline 27'; beam 11'; draft 

 (keel only) 4'; power, Gray Model 4-112 Direct Drive. 



CHESAPEAKE 32 



The 32-foot sloop is one of the growing classes of fiber-glass cruising 

 yachts. Designed by Philip L. Rhodes, the class only got started in i960 

 and at the time of writing, sixty had been built, the principal builder being 

 Danboat, Denmark. George B. Walton, Inc. (Annapolis, Md.), imports 

 the C 32s, which have five or six berths, in two cabins, and all of the usual 

 accommodations for a boat of that size: enclosed head, galley, etc. 



Principal cruising grounds are the U. S. East Coast and Bermuda, Price 

 is $16,800. 



VITAL STATISTICS: L.O.A. 31V'; watcrlinc 22'i"; beam S'g''; draft 

 (keel) 4'io"; sail area 464 sq. ft.; power, 25-h,p. Graymarine. 



CHINOOK 



This 34-foot Chinook sloop, designed by Frederick Geiger, is another 

 fiber-glass cruising yacht. It is built by Yacht Constructors (7110 N.E. 

 42nd Ave., Portland 18, Ore. ) and so far thirty-seven have been turned out, 

 including two on order. This is a Pacific Coast class, with ten on the Co- 

 lumbia River in the Portland area, ten in the vicinity of Los Angeles, two 

 on Lake Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and the rest scattered from Victoria, British 

 Columbia, to San Diego, California. Two are on the Great Lakes and one 

 has gone to Long Island, New York, 



Yacht Constructors was founded by five members of the Rose City Yacht 

 Club, Portland, Oregon, who wanted a cruising sloop about 35 feet long 



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